Now you can watch the episode online!

America's Test Kitchen -- "Two Ways with Fish"

Listen to Christopher Kimball and Adam Reid discuss the merits of our New Haven Oyster Knife!  The testers have voted!!

About 9 minutes into the video is the Equipment Corner

R. Murphy Knives Will Be at the New England Food Show!

We are excited to be exhibiting at the New England Food Show!

This is our first time at this huge event which runs in tandem with the International Boston Seafood Show.  There is a lot going on between these two shows - chefs demonstrations, speakers, new products, oyster shucking competition, educational programs, and of course, great food, wine, beer and more.

Please stop by our table # 3000 located in the New Exhibitors section right at the entrance to the show. We will have our beautiful line of cooking, slicing and boning knives on display as well as our line of shellfish knives (oyster, crab, clam, scallop) and food processing and produce knives.  These are also on display in the New Products Showcase - #3513.

Then Chefs Collaborative first-ever Trash Fish Dinner is Sunday evening, March 10!

Right after our day of exhibiting at NEFS, we head over to Area Four (can't wait) to attend this sure-to-be delicious  event.  Calling attention to under-used varieties of fish, area chefs will prepare some great dishes with fish we've never heard of, much less eaten!  

We are extremely pleased to be a sponsor of this wonderfully unique event.  I believe it is entirely sold out, so we will report in next week to let you know how we liked dogfish!

R. Murphy Knives featured in Yankee Magazine!

We are thrilled to be included in Yankee magazine's regular feature, New England's Finest!  The current issue's topic is: "The Made-in-New England Kitchen " and as usual their two-page spread is gorgeous to look at and packed with great information about locally made functional and beautiful products.  We at R. Murphy Knives are honored to be a part of it!

                                   

Since 1850, R. Murphy Knives has been creating the right tool for every task.  We manufacture an array of professional cooking knives handcrafted from both high performing carbon steel and ease-of-maintenance stainless.  
Please check out our Chef's Select line of carbon steel kitchen knives - chefs, butcher, fillet, paring knives - with highly polished rosewood handles. Beautiful, perfectly balanced, and hand honed giving them an edge that delivers the sharpest cut time after time.

You can read it for yourself in the March/April issue of Yankee now available on newsstands.

Thank you Caroline Woodward and Michael Piazza for showing off our knives so beautifully!

Our New Haven oyster knife (at the bottom end of the magnet) was chosen as best oyster knife by America's Test Kitchen and featured in Cook's Illustrated magazine last Spring.  This episode is currently airing on PBS stations.  For those in the greater Boston area, it airs on WGBX, Channel 44 tonight, February 25 at 7:30pm.  It is also currently airing on the Providence PBS station, WSBE.  Check your local listings to view this episode titled, "Two Ways with Fish."

Meanwhile, pick up a copy of Yankee to see New England's Finest and read the well written, fascinating articles on The Power of Place.

R. Murphy New Haven Oyster Knife - Winner - America's Test Kitchen!

Now you can watch this episode on TV and hear the testers' praise for the 

R. Murphy New Haven oyster knife!

Or click here to watch the episode online

Check your local PBS listing for the episode called "Two Ways with Fish" in this 13th season of America's Test Kitchen, which started airing a few weeks ago.  ATK is public television's most watched cooking show!

If you bought our New Haven shucker last Spring when it was featured in Cook's Illustrated magazine, then you will not want to miss seeing this on TV.  We are excited to see it ourselves!

Since then, our Wellfleet oyster knife was featured in the Wall Street Journal and has become an overnight sensation along with our Damariscotta oyster knife - highly recommended by Rowan Jacobsen on 

The Oyster Guide, his popular blog.

Thank you to all who have given our oyster knives a place in your kitchen - we would love to hear your comments!

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The Sun WineFest - Mohegan Sun

R. Murphy Knives will be exhibiting and selling our awesome selection of shellfish knives and more all weekend at The Sun WineFest -- Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort!

The WineFest is a huge event featuring 32 celebrity chefs, wine, beer and spirits tastings, fabulous seminars, grape stomps, oyster shucking, and much more.

R. Murphy Knives, along with Bud Light Lime and South Bay Blonde Oysters, is proud to sponsor the 9th annual Oyster Open at Mohegan!  Twenty two shuckers chosen from dozens of applications will compete for the $5000 purse.  The shucking begins at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, Jan 27, 2013.  Come on down for the fun, laughter and slurping.

And while you're there, please stop by table # 312 and check out our many oyster, clam, and scallop knives.  Plus hunting knives, pocket knives and more.  We will be selling our most popular oyster knives, the Wellfleet, Damariscotta, New Haven, and Duxbury.  All recently recommended in national publications - The Wall Street Journal, The Oyster Guide, and Cook's Illustrated magazine. 

We've got T-shirts!

  

  

More Accolades for our New Haven Oyster Knife!

Grub StreetNew York

The 2012 Grub Street Gift Guide: 29 Gift Picks for Food Lovers of All Sorts

A Great Oyster Knife

If you've been to a restaurant in the last, say, two years, you know oysters are one of the must-have foods of the moment. And it's easy enough to shuck them at home, provided you have the right tool. Jeremy Sewall, the chef and co-owner of Boston's Island Creek Oyster Bar, suggests the New Haven oyster knife from R. Murphy, "hands down the best option for novice and expert shuckers alike." New Haven Shucker, $14

Courtesy of: R. Murphy

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R. Murphy Wellfleet Oyster Knife featured in the Wall Street Journal Today!

Oysters Ascendant

From working stiff's snack to rare luxury, this mollusk has seen its share of ups and downs. Now, the forecast looks brighter than ever

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How to Shuck an Oyster

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 Wellfleet oyster knife

  Don't be daunted by shucking: It just takes a little practice and a proper knife. Our favorite, for its pretty brass and rosewood grip and its steady heft in the hand, is the Wellfleet oyster knife (pictured here) by R. Murphy ($37, rmurphyknives.com). Here's how to wield it: 

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Bruce Hutchison for The Wall Street Journal

1. Grip oyster with flat side of shell facing up.

Using your nondominant hand (wrapped in a dish towel for protection), grip oyster with flat side of shell facing up, cupped side down. Slide tip of shucking knife into hinge joint at pointed end of oyster, keeping blade flat and parallel to shell. Work blade into hinge, wiggling and turning until you feel a release or "pop"—the sign you've severed the ligament that keeps the shell closed.

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Bruce Hutchison for The Wall Street Journal

2. Draw knife across interior of top shell

2. With blade still inserted and parallel to shell, draw knife across interior of top shell, separating oyster flesh from it. Pry off top shell and discard.

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Bruce Hutchison for The Wall Street Journal

3. Edge blade under oyster meat and slice muscles attaching it to shell.

3. Now oyster's meat should be resting, whole, in a small pool of liquid (called liquor) in bottom shell. Taking care not to spill liquor or pierce flesh, edge blade under oyster meat and slice muscles attaching it to shell. Eat and repeat.

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